Hitler the rise of Evil is a successful miniseries from 2003, directed by Chrstian Duguay and starring Robert Caryle, that won two Emmy awards. The miniseries presents Adolf Hitler from a small boy until his rise to power in the German Riech in 1939. The miniseries was created for entertainment purposes; however, during its promotion makers marketed it as a very accurate adaptation of the period. Therefore the film is of interest to historians who wish to explore the subject and the films accuracy. It is excellent historical nonfiction. It follows the most notorious tyrant in history. During a period of economic and political turmoil, left over from the reign of Wilhem II and then the ever failing leadership of the parties from the Weimar Republic, and the resulting growth of the Nazi party, from the Munich Putsch in 1923, to gaining the majority of seats in the 1932 elections, and Hitler’s appointment as Chancellor in 1933. Historians look at this period in Germany as the prequel to the most destructive change to the world in history. Consequently, the Nazi era and WW2 remains one of the most popular eras to represent and document in education and popular entertainment. Other such productions include Dad’s Army, the famous English comedy television series, Pearl Harbor, the Hollywood blockbuster and the celebrated documentary, narrated by Laurence Olivier, The World at War. The miniseries is directed to show a more human and realistic side to “the most evil man in history”. This challenged the stereotypical persona of the 19th century leader that until the miniseries had been the status quo for Hitler features including Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and ‘Allo’ ‘Allo’, the British comedy show. The audience is the 21st century generations, whose limited experience of Hitler is from the class room and some entertainment productions. For historians the miniseries is a source of evidence about the history of the people that the miniseries intended to entertain, by studying the film the historian can work out themes that may be present in the miniseries, but are directed to grasp the attention of the current audiences, in Hitler; the Rise of Evil, this could include the ideology of different politics and how they still effect today’s audience, and acts of terrorism, which are represented in the miniseries but still effect the lives of the modern viewers the miniseries is aimed at. and it also challenges historians to present history to a modern popular audience.

The miniseries gives historians facts on Germany, The life of Adolf Hitler, and the rise of the Nazi Party, as much of the miniseries content is true to history. For this reason the miniseries if of value to the historian. Hitler’s life is correctly portrayed in the series. Including Hitler’s attempts to become an artist, his time living on the streets of Vienna before WWI and his affiliations with the German workers party in its humble beginnings in a beer hall., where Hitler joins the party in July 1921. Later in the series, when the party wins the majority of seats in the Reich Stag, Hitler recalls “it’s a far cry from a few drunks in a beer hall” Hitler uses his early alliances to integrate his anti-Semitic values onto a devastated post-war Germany. His arrest in 1923 and the growing popularity of the party after the publication of Mein Kampf, continues to the fatal error of the President of Germany, Von Hindenburg. Hindenburg tries to naturalize Hitler by appeasing his desire for a seat high in the Reich. Which later leads to the Enabling act and Germany suppressing to Hitler.

Hitler’s character aspects are well illustrated in the film. In 1943, the Behavioral Analysis Unit of the FBI (known then as the OSS) made a personality profile about Hitler. According to their results, the Hitler portrayed in the film is correct. He is shown as psychotic and unstable. The OSS report also included incest tendencies. Which is portrayed in the relationship he has...

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...﻿Account for Hitler’s rise
Hitler's rise to power roots from formation of democratic Weimar Republic in 1918 and is completed when Enabling Act passed in 1933 gave him legal power to dissolve the Reichstag and become the sole leader. Hitler was not sole leader till he merged offices of Chancellor & President to become Fuhrer in 1934. Before that President could still dismiss Chancellor. Enabling Act was only making Germany 1-party state Intentionalists like Hillgruber argue that Hitler's consistent ideology and personality was key to his rise while structuralists like Mommsen argue that Hitler’s rise natural development of German history. Economic conditions like the Great Depression and the disunity & ineffectiveness of democratic Weimar democratic government (not an economic condition) helped Hitler gained support from the German people. His manipulation of such conditions and strong will of attaining power are also indispensable for his rise. Hitler depended on miscalculation of conservative elites to become Chancellor, but fully gained his legal power after passing the Enabling Act due to his own effort.
Hitler’s rise to power roots from formation of democratic Weimar Republic in 1918 and is completed when he merged offices of Chancellor and President to become Fuhrer in 1934. Intenionalists like Hillgruber argue that Hitler’s consistent...

...﻿Rise of Hitler
The impact of WW1 was crucial to Hitler’s rise to power
After WWI, Adolf Hitler, politician and leader of the Nazi party, was able to steadily gain political support, leading to his ultimate reign as chancellor of Germany and casting the world into the turmoil of WWII. Some argue that it was mostly WWI that was crucial to Hitler’s rise to power. However, Hitler’s rise to power cannot be contributed to one event, but rather a number of factors, including events happening outside Germany - such as the Great Depression - the strength of the Nazi party, and the ineffectiveness and weakness of the Weimar Republic. Hitler’s use of propaganda and his own personal qualities as a speaker and politician certainly aided in his rise to the position of Chancellor and leader of the Nazi party.
The impact of WWI was certainly crucial, however it was not the most crucial factor in Hitler’s rise to power. Hitler had fought as a soldier in WWI, gaining the Iron Cross for his services and time at war. It was in this time that Hitler became a nationalist, and this was the basis for some of his later ideals and beliefs. The war created some major problems, including economic crisis and hyperinflation in 1923, throwing Germany into mass debt and rendering the German Mark worthless.1 It also caused great social unrest, and people...

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Essay Topic: "Analyse the methods used and the conditions which helped the rise of power of Hitler."
Adolf Hitler was the Austrian born German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party. He is one of the most famous people in modern day history as he is known for his violent acts of manipulation and exploitation of the people around him in order to achieve his goal(s) - to become the ruler of Germany. To achieve and accomplish this goal, he used various methods such as; intimidation, violence, propaganda, and blame - and soon enough went from being an unknown corporal in the German army, which followed into the end of the first World War, to becoming dictator and being able to completely control Germany in late 1933. The methods that were used for Hitler to rise to power were both somewhat complex and interrelated. By carrying out these actions, Hitler restored Germany to its former glory and created a huge power base for himself.
Before Hitlersrise to power, Germany was in a bad state. Economically, the country was very weak. According to historians Martin Collier and Philip Pedley, by February of 1929, 17.7% of the German population was unemployed. By late 1929, the Reich Institution had to borrow 342 million Reichsmarks to pay out unemployment benefits. In addition to this problem, the Germans were still upset about the harmful actions given to them...

...Assess the role of each of the following in the rise to power of Hitler: ideological appeal; underestimation by opponents; propaganda.
The historical debate surrounding the causal factors of the rise of the Nazi state in Germany by 1933 is fierce. Marxist historians, emphasising the idea that Nazism was no more than capitalism's most extreme form, tend to view Hitler as a puppet of big business. Others, including renowned scholars such as AJP Taylor stress the idea that Hitler and the Nazi's were a product of unique German history and a 'German struggle for mastery over Europe'. Amongst all of this debate, one thing is agreed upon and that is the fact that without the great depression stemming from the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the dire consequences that the withdrawal of American loans had on the German economy, Hitler would have remained on the sidelines of German politics. It was the circumstances of early 1930's Germany, as emphasised by historian Karl Bracher, that ultimately brought Hitler to power. Thus it is impossible to understand or assess the significance of the Nazi's ideological appeal, the fatal underestimation of the Nazi's by both the conservatives and the left and their use of propaganda whilst coming to power without understanding this context and it is thus the express intention of this essay to contextualise these factors in order to demonstrate the...

...HITLERSRISE TO POWER (1923-1934)
Author -*Simon lugwisha*
INTRODUCTION
Adolf Hitler's rise to power began in Germany in September 1919] when Hitler joined the
political party known as German Workers' Party the name was changed in 1920 to the
National Socialist German Workers' Party, commonly known as the Nazi Party. This political
party was formed and developed during the post-World War I era. It was anti-Marxist and
was opposed to the democratic post-war government of the Weimar Republic and
the Treaty of Versailles; and it advocated extreme nationalism and Pan-Germanism . Hitler's
"rise" can be considered to have ended in March 1933, after the Reichstag adopted
the Enabling Act of 1933 in that month; President Paul von Hindenburg had already
appointed Hitler as Chancellor on 30 January 1933 after a series of parliamentary elections
and associated backroom intrigues. The Enabling Act—when used ruthlessly and with
authority—virtually assured that Hitler could thereafter constitutionally exercise dictatorial
power without legal objection.
Adolf Hitler rose to a place of prominence in the early years of the party. Being one of the
best speakers of the party, he told the other members of the party to either make him
leader of the party, or, he would never return. He was aided in part by his willingness to use
violence in advancing his...

...Rise of Hitler
* Weimar Republic (1918-1933)
-Government elected by people
-Women could vote for the first time
-Proportional representation: coalition parties
-Elections for presidency every 7 years
Article 48: in crisis situation, all civil rights suspended
Grand Coalition: 10 years: SPD, Catholic Centre, DVP
Stab-in-the-back-theory: Germans were expecting to win WW1 in the Spring Offensive. When the armistice with the allies was signed the German had not yet retreated back into Germany. The government however was forced to surrender. The myth that followed these events was that Germany did not in fact lose/capitulate. This myth was popular among right-wing parties and their supporters. Since the Weimar Republic was forced to sign the treaty of Versailles this was a bad start for the new German government. There was heavy right-wing as well as left-wing reaction against the sanctions of the treaty of V.:
* 1919: Spartacist Rising (left-wing)
To overthrow Weimar Republic, lead by Rosa Luxemburg & Karl Liebknecht, could seize government buildings, was crushed by newly built Freikorps, leaders shot without trial
* March 1920: Kapp-Putsch (right-wing)
For a more authoritarian government, took over government with aid of the Freikorps, army did not intervene, however trade unions and workers supported the SPD by calling a general strike. Kapp was forced to give in and flee and his putsch failed. The putsch...

...The Rise of Hitler and German Fascism
I. The Weakness of Weimar Democracy
* Why did Weimar Implode?
* The legacy of WW1 tainted the new government with military defeat
* The “stab in the back” legend – betrayed by left
* Economic Turbulence
* Hyperinflation to pay reparations
* It lacks a strong popular mandate
* The Extreme Left and Right both oppose Weimar – battling each other in armed street battles and attempting coups
* 1920 Kapp attempted right wing coup
* 1923 Beer Hall Putsch by Hitler in Munich
* French Occupation of the Rhineland
* Part of the reason Hitler attempts his putsch
* From 1923-29 The Golden Age of Weimar
* The Government appeared to be stabilizing, however with this a shift to the right as evidenced by the Election of President Hindenburg (a monarchist).
* An Un-purged Judiciary
* Led to strong right wing sympathies legally
* Paramilitary Groups
* Grew strong and in this period
* The End of Weimer
* The end of German Democracy occurred in 1930
* It makes the end of the center coalition parties in the Reichstag
i. No one party from 1930 has a large enough majority to rule nor can any alliances be made
* How does Weimar Germany ‘Survive’ from...

...HitlerRise of EvilReview
In my opinion, the movie HitlerRise of Evil was a very informative movie, it was very accurate and gave some great insight to me. I thought the costume design was very accurate and good, as well as the portrayal of the lifestyle of back then. One thing I found with this film is that I found it to be accusative of many people in the film. It makes the whole thing seem as though everyone was completely brainwashed by Hitler and that everything was entirely his fault. Although he had a great deal of power and influence, he could not have done what he did without people who chose to believe in him first.
If I had to summarize this film in three sentences I would say it opens with a determined young Hitler. Hitler rapidly gains popularity, as well as a few enemies. Hitler has control of everything he needs to proceed with his plans, and is very well on his way there.
I learned many things from this movie, but I think the most important one is how he manipulated and persuaded people to do what he wanted. How he pressured President Paul Von Hindenburg into giving him political power. How he was able to get away with murder, because before I had seen the movie I thought majority of the people did not want to side with him but it was more of a do or die situation, but from what I have...